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Monday, May 12, 2008

Postcards From Washington DC
Photo moments from TRS 2008

 
 
PPM In-Depth: Moderator Holland Cooke, news talk specialist for McVay Media, described the TRS PPM panel as “all-star.” From left are Cooke, Bonneville senior VP Joel Oxley, CBS Radio news KYW/Philadelphia PD Steve Butler, Coleman Insights president Jon Coleman and Arbitron VP of PPM sales John Snyder.
 
 
Meeting Of The Minds: The most raucous panel was the “Reverse Debate,” featuring eight talk hosts discussing their views on current hot-button issues. From left are Radio America’s G. Gordon Liddy, Greater Media talk WBT/Charlotte’s Jeff Katz, Buckley talk WOR/New York’s Steve Malzberg, Westwood One’s Jim Bohannon, Jones Radio Networks’ Stephanie Miller, Syndication One’s the Rev. Al Sharpton, Jones Radio Networks’ Ed Schultz, Westwood One’s Phil Valentine and moderator George Stepahnopoulos of ABC News.
 
 
  Round Table, Part One: The 2008 R&R Talk Radio Seminar opened with “The Talking Heads of Talk Radio,” a round-table discussion of the biggest issues facing the radio industry. Among the panelists, from left, were Jones Radio Networks VP/GM of news and talk Amy Bolton, RAB president/CEO Jeff Haley, VP of ESPN Business Units Traug Keller and Sound Mind principal Kraig Kitchin.  
 
Round Table, Part Two: The other half of the “Talking Heads of Talk Radio” panel that kicked off the seminar comprised, from left, CBS News Radio VP Harvey Nagler, CBS Radio VP of programming Chris Oliviero, NAB president/CEO David Rehr and President of ABC Radio Networks Jim Robinson.
   
 
  Engagment Without A Ring: Ronning Lipset Radio co-founder Andy Lipset offered ways to better engage people listening to streaming audio.  
 
KFI Wins: Clear Channel talk KFI/Los Angeles director of marketing Neil Saavedra made several trips to the stage as the station won four awards at the 2008 R&R News Talk Inudustry Achievement Awards. KFI won station of the year, markets 1-25. Morning host Bill Handel took best local talk personality, Greg Ashlock won GM of the year, and Robin Bertolucci won PD of the year. From left are R&R news/talk/sports editor Mike Stern, Saavedra and R&R president/publisher Erica Farber.
   
 
  News Executive Of The Year: CBS Radio News VP Harvey Nagler won the 2008 R&R News Talk Industry Achievement Award for news executive of the year. To see all of this year’s winners, visit radioandrecords.com. From left are R&R news/talk/sports editor Mike Stern, Nagler and R&R president/publisher Erica Farber.  
 
Marketing The Machine: Bill Hampton, executive VP of “The Dave Ramsey Show,” shared
insights on marketing and building
the Ramsey brand.
   
 
  Breakfast With Dobbs: After recently debuting his new United Stations Radio Networks afternoon show, CNN host Lou Dobbs spoke March 14 to the seminar crowd.  
 
Stephanopoulos Tames Tigers: ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos skillfully moderated the wildly entertaining "Reverse Debate” panel, which featured eight talk hosts—four from each side of the issues—debating today’s hottest topics.
   
 
  Practical Advice From Edelman: ABC Radio syndicated host Ric Edelman showed why his financial advice focused show is growing in popularity, as he shared numerous no-nonsense suggestions that attendees could apply to their own financial futures.  
 
Schieffer Shares: CBS News’ Bob Schieffer spoke March 15, sharing his humor and insightful observations including the admission that he is planning on “dialing down” his talk of retiring after the presidential election.